This 1860 image by James Wallace Black and Samuel Archer King shows Boston from over 2,000 feet (.61 km) in the air. Unfortunately, the first aerial image, which was taken by French photographer and balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, has been lost. https://mymodernmet.com/first-photograph-photography-history/

The first photograph with humans:

Louis Daguerre—the inventor of daguerreotype—shot what is not only the world’s oldest photograph of Paris, but also the first photo with humans. The 10-minute long exposure was taken in 1839 in Place de la République and it’s just possible to make out two blurry figures in the left-hand corner. https://mymodernmet.com/first-photograph-photography-history/

The first color photograph:

Physicist James Clerk Maxwell is responsible for taking the world’s first color photograph. In 1855, Maxwell developed a three-color method, with the actual shutter being pressed by Thomas Sutton in 1861. The subject of the image is a colored ribbon, also known as a tartan ribbon. https://mymodernmet.com/first-photograph-photography-history/

The first photograph of an actual battle:

Carol Popp de Szathmari is the first known war photographer, capturing hundreds of images of the Crimean War. But it’s this image from 1870 that is thought to be the first photograph of an actual battle. Showing a line of Prussian troops as they advance, the photographer shot the image as he stood with French defenders. https://mymodernmet.com/first-photograph-photography-history/

The first photograph of a U.S. President: 1843- John Quincy Adams is the first U.S. president photographed, but he was 14 years out of office. The daguerreotype was shot by Philip Haas.

This one of Adams was also taken in 1843 and may be a few months older.

In 1891, this ghost picture was taken in Combermere Abbey Library by Ms. Sybell Corbet. Many claim that the see-through man sitting on the chair is the Lord Combermere himself, a distinguished cavalry commander of the 1800s. He was killed in 1891 when run over by a horse-drawn carriage and the funeral was underway at another location when this photograph was captured. https://combermereabbey.co.uk/stories/restoration-of-combermere-abbey/